The Final Fish From Finland With The Finest Fin

A fish swam all the way from Finland to come and see, whether it was true that every animal of the world lived in Jack’s beanstalk tree. He had a race with the plaice. The fish swam at such a rate, that he beat the skate. He left the haddock sitting on a rock and the eel on the fishing reel. About half way along on the trip, they stopped for a while for a picnic and a drippy dip. It turned out to be quite a slippy flip on the sunstrip. The fish decided to have a competition, to see who was finest and fastest at completing their maths revision. The final was won by the fish with the finest fin – who, of course, swam better than anyone – and had finished before the others set off and begin.

Maths Grand Finale

1. If the fish swam at a speed of 2.5 km / hour, how long did it take to swim across the ocean, 300 km ?

2. Downstream the finest fish swam one fifth faster. If he swam at a speed of 2 km / hour upstream, how long did it take him to swim 10 km a) upstream b) downstream ?

3. On the way from Finland, the fish swam past 200 other fish – one quarter were dolphins, 0.1 were sharks, 50% were cod, 3 : 20 were octopuses. Calculate how many of each type of fish the finest fish swam past.

4. If the finest fish from Finland swam past a rock every 50 metres, how many rocks is that in a journey of

a) 1 km

b) 5 km

c) 15 km

5. The fish swam 2.4 km North, 3.2 km East, 1.8 km West then 5.2 km South. How far is that in total ?

And fin – ally … circle the Finnish fish’s fin inside these words

final

finally

finale

find

refined

fined

defined

finer

finest

Finland

fine

redefine

fingernail

finger

financial

fingerprint

finish

Bohemian Rhapsody

rap, wrap or hap ? which is the correct one to use ?

c __ __ __

w__ __ __ ping paper

__ __ __ pened

st__ __ __

s__ __ r__ er

s__ __ r __ ener

d__ __ __ pled

unw__ __ __

s__ __ __ e

mis – s__ __ __ en

t __ __ __

mis __ __ __

The Fish from Finland’s Finishing Act

Calculate how long this activity takes to read and answer, then on average, how long each question takes to complete.

Ref : All maths problems are based on the foundation - key stage 4 curriculum found in the DFES reports :
"Primary National Strategy - Core Learning By Year" (2008)
"Primary National Strategy - Core Learning By Strand" (2008)
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Ref : All English problems are based on the Fordham Foundaton Report Stotsky, S. (2005) The State of State English Standards , www.edexcellence.net Washington D.C., U.S.